Herman McCoy Perkins
1867 - 1939 (71 years)-
Name Herman McCoy Perkins Birth Aug 1867 Indiana Gender Male Census 8 Jun 1870 Blue River, Johnson, IN age 1 born IN, living with parents Census 14 Jun 1880 Indianapolis, Marion, IN age 11, born IN, living with parents Census 2 Jun 1900 St Louis, St Louis, MO age 32, born Aug 1867 in IN, marr 10 yrs, bookkeeper at packing co, parents born IN/IN Census 20 Apr 1910 Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS age 40, born IN, mx1- 20 yrs, bookkeeper at packing house, parents born NY/IN Census 12 Jan 1920 Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS age 50, born IN, gen'l practice attorney at law, parents born NY/OH Census 1925 Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS age 55, born IN, lawyer, father in house Census 2 Apr 1930 Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS age 61, born IN, 1st marr at 21, gen'l practice lawyer, parents born NY/IN, with wife in house of daughter Death 20 May 1939 Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS Burial Mount Hope Cemetery, Kansas City, KS Person ID I13357 Family Tree Last Modified 1 Jul 2019
Father Samuel Ransom Perkins, b. 4 Jul 1838, Brockport, Monroe, NY d. 17 Jul 1926 (Age 88 years) Mother Phoebe Catherine McCoy, b. 7 Feb 1840, Ohio d. 3 Jan 1903, St Louis, St Louis, MO (Age 62 years) Marriage 17 Aug 1862 Danville, Hendricks, IN Family ID F4945 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Nancy Jane “Jenny” Perviance, b. 18 Mar 1871, Illinois d. 25 Feb 1957, Kansas City, Jackson, MO (Age 85 years) Marriage 16 Mar 1890 Wichita, Sedgwick, KS Notes - from "Kansas, County Marriage Records, 1811-1911" (familysearch.org)
On 16 Mar 1890 in Wichita, Sedgwick, KS, Herman M Perkins, 22, married Miss Jennie Purviance, 19.
Children + 1. Shiral Ransome Perkins, b. 8 Jan 1891, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS d. May 1975 (Age 84 years) 2. Bertha Leota Perkins, b. 31 Dec 1892, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS d. 2 May 1979, Austin, Travis, TX (Age 86 years) 3. Clarence Charles Perkins, b. 26 May 1896, East St Louis, St Clair , IL d. 18 Oct 1977 (Age 81 years) Family ID F6584 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2019
- from "Kansas, County Marriage Records, 1811-1911" (familysearch.org)
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Notes - from "The Kansas City Star", 20 May 1939
H.M. PERKINS IS DEAD.
Vereran Kansas City, Kansas, Crusader Was 70 Years Old.
Herman M. Perkins, 70 years old, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, thrity-two years and a lawyer forty-five years, died today at his home, 1957 North Thirty-third street., Kansas City, Kansas. He had been ill eight months. Mr. Perkins, an individualist in public and civic affairs, frequently was in the limelight through his one-man crusades. His efforts brought a grand jury in Wyandotte County several years ago. In a long career in Kansas City, Kansas, he sought many public offices. He was on the ballot as a Socialist candidate for United States senator and governor at various times. Mrs Perkins was a member of the Stephen Memorial Methodist church in Kansas City, Kansas. He leaves his wife, Mrs Nancy Jane Perkins, and a daughter, Mrs. J.W. McGhee, both of the home; town sons, Shiral R. Perkins, 3158 Haskell avenue, Kansas City, Kansas; Clarence C. Perkins, rural route No. 1, Bethel, Kas., and a sister, Mrs. J.R. Mahaffey, Nardin, OK. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o'clock Monday at the Gibson & Son chapel in Kansas City, Kansas.
- from "The Kansas City Star", 20 May 1939